Visitor UK Whitby - Tourist info for Whitby, North Yorkshire Search: Welcome to Whitby Whitby is located on the north-east coast of North Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, approximately 252 miles north of London and 20 miles north of Scarborough. The town has a population of around 14,000. Administratively it is within the Borough of Scarborough which covers an area of approximately 816 sq kms and which has a population of around 107,000. It is a thriving port and seaside resort for the north of England, steeped in history and renowned for its associations with Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The town is divided by the river, the old town, on the East Cliff, is a place of steep narrow streets and alleys, and contrasts to the mostly Victorian development of West Cliff which runs along the sands. There are some notable historic buildings, including the ruins of the 13th century Whitby Abbey originally founded in the 7th century, and the home of the famous navigator Captain James Cook in Grape Lane. Whitby has many visitor attractions in and around the town and it is a good base for walkers wishing to explore the Cleveland Way.

The town's history dates from Saxon times when a monastery was built on the east cliff in 657 AD by Oswy, the Christian Saxon King of Northumbria. In 867, Danish Vikings landed two miles west of Whitby at Raven's Hill, and moved on to attack the settlement and to destroy the monastery. It was only after the Norman Conquest of 1066 that William de Percy ordered that the monastery be refounded (1078), dedicating it to St. Peter and St. Hilda. Its fine natural harbour, one of the few on the east coast, gave it early importance as a place of refuge and a fishing port. By the mid-7th century a royal monastery was established on the east cliff. Ruled for many years by the famous Abbess Hilda, it was destroyed by the Vikings, then rebuilt by the Norman, Reinfrid.

The Middle Ages saw quiet growth but the 17th century brought great prosperity, with shipbuilding on a scale out of all proportion to its size, serving the coal trade between the Tyne and the Thames, with many of the sturdy 'colliersâ built and owned here; and the rapid growth of whaling, with similar implications. Indeed, Captain Cookâs four ships, used on his great voyages of exploration, were all built here. Historically the town's economy was based upon fishing, whaling.Â The modern Port of Whitby, strategically placed for shipping to Europe, with very good proximity to the Scandinavian countries, is capable of handling a wide range of cargoes including grain, steel products, timber and potash. Vessels of up to 3000 tonnes DWT are received on a routine basis the Wharf, which has the capability of loading/unloading two ships simultaneously. 5000 sq metres of dock space is currently (2004) allocated for storage of all-weather cargo and a further 1600 sq metres of warehouse space is reserved for weather-critical goods storage.

Originally the town was known as Presteby, meaning the habitation of Priests in Old Norse, then Hwytby. Then it became Whiteby, meaning the "white settlement" in Old Norse, probably from the colour of the houses and, finally, Whitby. Twinning of towns goes global | Local Government Executive Twinning of towns goes global Submitted by Administrator on Tue, 2008-04-15 09:31. The comprehensive survey by the Local Government Association shows that twinning links and international partnerships have expanded to every continent on the planet. The key findings are: * There are 2,527 twinned town links around the globe * There are eighty-seven countries which now have twinning links with the UK * Almost two in three twinnings occur with French and German towns, with three in four twin towns residing in Western European countries *Eight percent are linked with Former Eastern Block counties *Seven percent are linked with North America *Five percent are linked with Asia *Two percent are linked with Africa *One percent are linked with towns in South America and Oceania Twinning links were set up in the aftermath of two World Wars in order to foster international peace and understanding.

By the early 1990s, towns and cities across the UK started to reassess the content of their twinning relationships and this period saw a noticeable trend towards the economic aspects of twinning of more far-flung countries and cities. Unusual twinned towns include: * Stevenage, Herts, twinned with Chimkent in Kazakhstan * Whitby, North Yorkshire, twinned with Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands * Whitstable, Kent, twinned with the Sisimiut District of Greenland * Manchester twinned with Sulaymaniya in Iraq * Leeds twinned with Ulan Bator in Mongolia * Haworth, West Yorkshire, twinned with Macchu Picchu in Peru * Macclesfield entering an agreement to protect the history of the town of Vigan in the Philippines * Wirral has a twinned air pollution strategy with Tomsk in Siberia There is currently a waiting list of scores of overseas towns and cities who want to be twinned with British towns and cities.

Towns across the planet that are desperate to be twinned with UK cities include: * Mar del Plata, Argentina stanley falkland islands : definition of stanley falkland islands and synonyms of stanley falkland islands (English) Facilities and infrastructure A Port Stanley post office with British-style red boxes Today, Stanley is the main shopping centre on the islands and the hub of East Falkland's road network. Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum , Government House – built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands (currently Nigel Haywood ) – and a golf course , as well as a whalebone arch, a totem pole , several war memorials and the shipwrecks in its harbour. The Falkland Islands Company owns several shops and a hotel. Stanley has four pubs, eleven hotels & guesthouses, three restaurants, a fish and chip shop and the main tourist office. There are three churches including the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral , the southernmost cathedral in the world. The cathedral makes tiny Stanley a city. A grim reminder of the minefields to the south is the bomb disposal unit. The town hall serves as a post office, philatelic bureau , law court and dance hall.

The police station also contains the islands' only prison, with a capacity of thirteen in the cells. The community centre includes a swimming pool (the only public one in the islands), a sports centre, library, and school. A grass football pitch is located by the community centre and hosts regular games. Stanley Racecourse, located on the west side of Stanley, holds a two-day horse racing meeting every year on the 26 and 27 December. The Christmas races have been held here for over one hundred years. Stanley Golf Course has an 18 hole course and a club house. It is also located to the west of Stanley. King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is the islands' main hospital, with doctors' practice and surgery, radiology department, dental surgery and emergency facilities. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley. Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS), the Stanley office of the British Antarctic Survey , and the office of the weekly Penguin News newspaper. A nursery and garden centre is also here, in whose greenhouses some of the islands' vegetables are grown. History The original capital of the islands was at Port Louis to the north of the present site of Stanley, on Berkeley Sound .

Captains Francis Rawdon Moria Crozier and James Clarke Ross were recruited by Governor Moody in his quest to find a new capital for The Falklands. Both Crozier and Ross (who are remembered in Crozier Place and Ross Road in Stanley) were among the Navy's most distinguished seafarers. They spent 5 months in the islands with their ships Terror and Erebus. Governor Moody (after whom Moody Brook is named) however, decided to move the capital to Port Jackson , which was renamed "Stanley Harbour", after a survey. Stanley Harbour was considered to have a deeper anchorage for visiting ships. Not all the inhabitants were happy with the change, notably one JW Whitington is recorded as saying, "Of all the miserable bog holes, I believe that Mr Moody has selected one of the worst for the site of his town." Work on the settlement began in 1843 and it became the capital in July 1845. It was named after Lord Stanley , Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time. In 1849, thirty married Chelsea Pensioners were settled there to help with the defence of the islands and to develop the new settlement.

The settlement soon grew as a deep-water port , specialising at first in ship repairs; indeed, before the construction of the Panama Canal , Port Stanley was a major repair stop for boats travelling through the Straits of Magellan . The rough waters and intense storms found at the tip of the continent forced many ships to Stanley Harbour, and the ship repair industry helped to drive the island economy. Later it became a base for whaling and sealing in the South Atlantic and Antarctic . Later still it was an important coaling station for the Royal Navy . This led to ships based here being involved in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the First World War, and the Battle of the River Plate in the Second World War . The church, and whalebone arch Landslides (peatslips), caused by excessive peat cutting, destroyed part of the town in 1879 and 1886, the second landslide killing two people. During World War II , a hulk in Stanley Harbour was used for interning the British Fascist and Mosleyite Jeffrey Hamm (ref: The European; PRO HO).

Something of a minor player in the BUF due to his youth, Hamm moved to the Falkland Islands in 1939 to work as a teacher. He was arrested there in 1940 for his BUF membership (under Defence Regulation 18B ) and later transferred to a camp in South Africa. Released in 1941 he was later called up to the Royal Armoured Corps and served until his discharge in 1944. Stanley Airport is used by internal flights and provides connections to British bases in Antarctica . It was opened by the Argentine Air Force on 15 November 1972 (previously, international flights were by seaplane from Comodoro Rivadavia ). Flights to Argentina ended after the 1982 conflict. A weekly flight to Punta Arenas in Chile commenced in 1993, which now operates out of Mount Pleasant Airbase. The Falklands War Memorial, Stanley Stanley was occupied by Argentine troops for about ten weeks during the Falklands War in 1982.

The Argentines renamed the town Puerto Argentino, and although Spanish names for places in the Falklands were historically accepted as alternatives, this one is considered to be extremely offensive by many islanders, demanding as it does that the city is Argentine. It has however gained some support in Spanish-speaking countries, though its acceptance is far from unanimous. Stanley suffered considerable damage during the war, from both the Argentine occupation and the British naval shelling of the town, which killed three civilians. After the British secured the high ground around the town the Argentines surrendered with no fighting in the town itself. The beaches and land around it were heavily mined and some areas remain marked minefields . Since the Falklands War, Stanley has benefited from the growth of the fishing and tourism industries in the Islands. Stanley itself has developed greatly in that time, with the building of a large amount of residential housing, particularly to the east of the town centre. Stanley is now more than a third bigger than it was in 1982. Name Stanley is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , who never actually visited the islands A number of variants of the town's name have appeared in both English and Spanish.

Stanley Harbour was originally known as "Port Jackson", and this name would have applied to the area before the town was built, although it could just as easily have been called Sapper Hill . Although the town is officially known as "Stanley", one frequently hears it still referred to as "Port Stanley", especially in British reports about the Falklands War. This is in line with various other settlements around the islands, e.g. Port Howard and Port Stephens . However, "Stanley" without the "Port" prefix was established long before the war, and on 2 August 1956, the Officer Administering the Government of the Falkland Islands reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London as follows: There is some difficulty over the correct name of the capital. Early despatches contain reference to both Port Stanley and Stanley. Port Stanley was accepted by the Naming Commission set up in 1943 to consider the names then being included on the War Office maps. Local opinion differs on the matter, but there is no doubt that Stanley is now common usage and has been for some considerable time. The capital is defined as Stanley in the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance.

In the circumstances I would advise that the correct name for the capital is Stanley. [2] Falklanders often refer to it simply as "Town". Spanish and Argentine names The situation with the Spanish version of the name is far more complicated. Stanley, unlike Port Louis , the former capital of the islands, was a new settlement founded by the British, and therefore did not have a Spanish name of its own. Many Spanish speakers use "Puerto Stanley", as a neutral translation of the British name, but it is not liked by supporters of Argentine sovereignty, because it refers to a British politician. Supporters of the Argentine claim have used several different names, none of which are accepted by the islanders themselves[ citation needed ] – Puerto Soledad (the port of East Falkland , known in Spanish as Isla Soledad) – reported in 1965, but in fact the old Spanish name of Port Louis, the old capital, not Stanley. Puerto Rivero – a reference to Antonio Rivero , a controversial Argentine figure in the early history of the islands. Used by peronists and the hijackers who landed at Stanley in September 1966.

It was also used for 3–4 April 1982 after the Argentine invasion. Puerto de la Isla Soledad – a variant on Puerto Soledad. Used 5 April 1982. Puerto de las Islas Malvinas (Port of the Malvinas/Falklands), used from 6–20 April 1982. Puerto Argentino – (Port Argentine), used ever since 21 April 1982 by the Argentines, although in 1994 the Argentine Government signed an undertaking to review toponymy relating to the Argentine occupation of the islands. During the 1982 occupation, Patrick Watts of the islands' radio station used circumlocutions to avoid using Argentine names – "It hurt me greatly to call it [the radio station] Radio Nacional Islas Malvinas, and I used to try to avoid referring to Port Stanley as Puerto Argentino.

I called it 'the capital' or the 'largest settlement on the island'" (from Eyewitness Falklands: A personal account of the Falklands campaign) Climate The climate of Stanley is almost subpolar oceanic , but it is polar due to cool summer temperatures. It is characterised, like the rest of the archipelago, by more or less even temperatures through the year and strong westerlies . Precipitation, averaging 544mm (21.4 in) a year, is nonetheless relatively low, and evenly spread throughout the year. Typically, at least 1mm (0.04 in) of rain will be recorded on 125.2 days of the year. The islands receive 36.3% of possible sunshine, or around 1500–1600 hours a year, a level similar to Southern parts of England. Daytime temperatures are similar to the Northern Isles of Scotland, though nights tend to be somewhat cooler, with frost occurring on more than 1 in 3 nights (128.4 nights). Snow occurs in the winter but not as much as you expect at the latitude Stanley sits on.

Temperature extremes at Stanley vary from −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) to 26.1 °C (79.0 °F) [3] for the period 1961-90, although more recently, on 23 January 1992, [4] nearby Mount Pleasant Airport recorded 29.2 °C (84.6 °F). Similar to many parts of the world, the Falkland Islands have displayed a warming trend in the climate—the mean daily January maximum for Mount Pleasant for the years 1991–2011 averages at 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) compared to Stanley's 1961–90 average of 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). [5] Climate data for Stanley, 1961-1990 Month Source: Climatic Research Unit, UEA [6] Education The Stanley Infant & Junior School (IJS) is located along John Street at the intersection with Villiers Street in Stanley.

The school first opened in 1955 and has about 250 students between the ages of 4 and 11. [7] The Falkland Island Community School (FICS) is located on Villiers street in Stanley. It has approximately 150 students between 11 and 16. The current headteacher is Mr David Tongue. Miscellaneous Roadsign to Stanley. Gypsy Cove , known for its Magellanic penguins , and Cape Pembroke , the easternmost point of the Falklands, lie nearby. Gypsy Cove is four miles (6 km) from Stanley and can be reached by taxi or on foot. Today, roughly one third of the town's residents are employed by the government and tourism is also a major source of employment. On days when two or more large cruise ships dock in the town tourists frequently outnumber the local residents. Peat was once a prominent heating/fuel source in Stanley, and stacks of drying peats under cover can still be seen by the occasional house. Stanley is twinned with Whitby in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

Notable people associated with Stanley Stanley, Falkland Islands Stanley, Falkland Islands Aerial view of Stanley, Falkland Islands Map showing the Port Stanley area Stanley Stanley within the Falkland Islands Coordinates: ^ The Falklands has been on FKST year-round since September 2010. [2] Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital of the Falkland Islands . It is located on the island of East Falkland , on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2012 census, the town had a population of 2,121; [1] the entire population of the Falkland Islands was 2,841 on Census Day on 15 April 2012. Facilities and infrastructure The Port Stanley post office, with British red post and telephone boxes. Stanley is the main shopping centre on the islands and the hub of East Falkland’s road network.

Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum , Government House – built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands – and a golf course , as well as a whalebone arch, a totem pole , several war memorials and the shipwrecks in its harbour. The Falkland Islands Company owns several shops and a hotel. Stanley has four pubs, eleven hotels and guesthouses, three restaurants, a fish and chip shop and the main tourist office. There are three churches, including the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral , the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, and the Roman Catholic St. Mary’s Church . A bomb disposal unit in the town is a legacy of the Falklands War. The town hall serves as a post office, philatelic bureau , law court and dance hall. The police station also contains the islands’ only prison, with a capacity of thirteen in the cells. The cathedral and whalebone arch The community centre includes a swimming pool (the only public one in the islands), a sports centre, library, and school. A grass football pitch is located by the community centre and hosts regular games.

Stanley Racecourse, located on the west side of Stanley, holds a two-day horse racing meeting every year on 26 and 27 December. The Christmas races have been held here for over one hundred years. Stanley Golf Course has an 18-hole course and a club house. It is also located to the west of Stanley. King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is the islands’ main hospital, with doctors’ practice and surgery, radiology department, dental surgery and emergency facilities. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley. Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS), the Stanley office of the British Antarctic Survey , and the office of the weekly Penguin News newspaper. A nursery and garden centre is also here, in whose greenhouses some of the islands’ vegetables are grown. History The original capital of the islands was at Port Louis to the north of the present site of Stanley, on Berkeley Sound . Captains Francis Crozier and James Clark Ross were recruited by Governor Richard Moody in his quest to find a new capital for The Falklands. Both Crozier and Ross (who are remembered in Crozier Place and Ross Road in Stanley) were among the Royal Navy ‘s most distinguished seafarers.

They spent 5 months in the islands with their ships Terror and Erebus . Governor Moody (after whom Moody Brook is named) however, decided to move the capital to Port Jackson , which was renamed “Stanley Harbour”, after a survey. Stanley Harbour was considered to have a deeper anchorage for visiting ships. Not all the inhabitants were happy with the change, notably one JW Whitington is recorded as saying, “Of all the miserable bog holes, I believe that Mr Moody has selected one of the worst for the site of his town.” Work on the settlement began in 1843 and it became the capital in July 1845. It was named after Lord Stanley , Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time. In 1849, thirty married Chelsea Pensioners were settled there to help with the defence of the islands and to develop the new settlement. The settlement soon grew as a deep-water port , specialising at first in ship repairs; indeed, before the construction of the Panama Canal , Port Stanley was a major repair stop for boats travelling through the Straits of Magellan .

The rough waters and intense storms found at the tip of the continent forced many ships to Stanley Harbour, and the ship repair industry helped to drive the island economy. Later it became a base for whaling and sealing in the South Atlantic and Antarctic . Later still it was an important coaling station for the Royal Navy . This led to ships based here being involved in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the First World War, and the Battle of the River Plate in the Second World War . Landslides (peatslips), caused by excessive peat cutting, destroyed part of the town in 1879 and 1886, the second landslide killing two people. At about midnight on 29 November 1878 a black moving mass, several feet high, was moving forwards at a rate of four or five mph. The next morning the town was cut in two; the only way to travel between the two parts was by boat. [3] During the Second World War , a hulk in Stanley Harbour was used for interning the British Fascist and Mosleyite Jeffrey Hamm .

[4] Something of a minor player in the BUF due to his youth, Hamm moved to the Falkland Islands in 1939 to work as a teacher. He was arrested there in 1940 for his BUF membership (under Defence Regulation 18B ) and later transferred to a camp in South Africa. Released in 1941 he was later called up to the Royal Armoured Corps and served until his discharge in 1944. The Falklands War Memorial, Stanley Stanley Airport is used by internal flights and provides connections to British bases in Antarctica . It was opened by the Argentine Air Force on 15 November 1972 (previously, international flights were by seaplane from Comodoro Rivadavia ). Flights to Argentina ended after the 1982 conflict. A weekly flight to Punta Arenas in Chile commenced in 1993, which now operates out of Mount Pleasant Airbase ( RAF Mount Pleasant ). Scheduled passenger flights between the Mount Pleasant airfield and the U.K. are also operated twice a week by a civilian airline contractor on behalf of the Royal Air Force .

Stanley was occupied by Argentine troops for about ten weeks during the Falklands War in 1982. The Argentines renamed the town Puerto Argentino, and although Spanish names for places in the Falklands were historically accepted as alternatives, this one is considered to be extremely offensive by many islanders. It has however gained some support in Spanish-speaking countries, though its acceptance is far from unanimous. Stanley suffered considerable damage during the war, from both the Argentine occupation and the British naval shelling of the town, which killed three civilians. After the British secured the high ground around the town the Argentines surrendered with no fighting in the town itself. The beaches and land around it were heavily mined and some areas remain marked minefields . Since the Falklands War, Stanley has benefited from the growth of the fishing and tourism industries in the Islands. Stanley itself has developed greatly in that time, with the building of a large amount of residential housing, particularly to the east of the town centre. Stanley is now more than a third bigger than it was in 1982.

Etymology Stanley is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , who never visited the islands A number of variants of the town’s name have appeared in both English and Spanish. Stanley Harbour was originally known as “Port Jackson”, and this name would have applied to the area before the town was built, although it could just as easily have been called Sapper Hill . Although the town is officially known as “Stanley”, one frequently hears it still referred to as “Port Stanley”, especially in British reports about the Falklands War. This is in line with various other settlements around the islands, e.g. Port Howard and Port Stephens . However, “Stanley” without the “Port” prefix was established long before the war, and on 2 August 1956, the Officer Administering the Government of the Falkland Islands reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London as follows: There is some difficulty over the correct name of the capital. Early despatches contain reference to both Port Stanley and Stanley. Port Stanley was accepted by the Naming Commission set up in 1943 to consider the names then being included on the War Office maps.

Local opinion differs on the matter, but there is no doubt that Stanley is now common usage and has been for some considerable time. The capital is defined as Stanley in the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance. In the circumstances I would advise that the correct name for the capital is Stanley. [5] Falklanders often refer to it simply as “Town”. Spanish and Argentine names A message issued by the Argentine Military Governor during the occupation in which the capital is referred to as “Puerto Argentino (ex-Stanley)”. The situation with the Spanish version of the name is far more complicated. Stanley, unlike Port Louis , the former capital of the islands, was a new settlement founded by the British, and therefore did not have a Spanish name of its own. Many Spanish speakers use “Puerto Stanley”, as a neutral translation of the British name, but it is not liked by supporters of Argentine sovereignty, because it refers to a British politician.

Supporters of the Argentine claim have used several different names, none of which are accepted by the islanders themselves – Puerto Soledad (the port of East Falkland , known in Spanish as Isla Soledad) – reported in 1965, but in fact the old Spanish name of Port Louis, the old capital, not Stanley. Puerto Rivero – a reference to Antonio Rivero , a controversial Argentine figure in the early history of the islands. Used by peronists and the hijackers who landed at Stanley in September 1966. It was also used for 3–4 April 1982 after the Argentine invasion. Puerto de la Isla Soledad – a variant on Puerto Soledad. Used 5 April 1982. Puerto de las Islas Malvinas (Port of the Malvinas/Falklands), used from 6–20 April 1982. Puerto Argentino – (Port Argentine), used ever since 21 April 1982 by the Argentines, although in 1994 the Argentine Government signed an undertaking to review toponymy relating to the Argentine occupation of the islands.

During the 1982 occupation, Patrick Watts of the islands’ radio station used circumlocutions to avoid using Argentine names – “It hurt me greatly to call it [the radio station] Radio Nacional Islas Malvinas, and I used to try to avoid referring to Port Stanley as Puerto Argentino. I called it ‘the capital’ or the ‘largest settlement on the island’” (from Eyewitness Falklands: A personal account of the Falklands campaign) Climate The climate of Stanley is classified as a tundra climate (ET), due to cool summer temperatures (the mean temperature is less than 10 °C (50 °F) in the warmest month) and closely borders on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). [6] It is characterised, like the rest of the archipelago, by more or less even temperatures through the year and strong westerlies . Precipitation, averaging 544 mm (21.417 in) a year, is nonetheless relatively low, and evenly spread throughout the year.

Typically, at least 1 mm (0.039 in) of rain will be recorded on 125.2 days of the year. The islands receive 36.3% of possible sunshine, or around 1500–1600 hours a year, a level similar to Southern parts of England. Daytime temperatures are similar to the Northern Isles of Scotland, though nights tend to be somewhat colder, with frost occurring on more than 1 in 3 nights (128.4 nights). Snow occurs in the winter. Stanley is located at a similar distance from the equator as British warm-summer marine areas Cardiff and Bristol , illustrating the relative chilliness of the climate. In the northern hemisphere, lowland tundra areas are located at latitudes further from the tropics. Many European capitals are also located much farther from the tropics than Stanley is. The nearest larger city of Río Gallegos in Argentina has slightly milder climate (annual mean temperature being 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) higher) due to its position on the South American mainland, although summers everywhere on this latitude in the Southern hemisphere are very cool due to great marine effects.

Temperature extremes at Stanley vary from −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) to 26.1 °C (79.0 °F). [7] More recently, on 23 January 1992, nearby Mount Pleasant Airport recorded 29.2 °C (84.6 °F). [8] The Falkland Islands have displayed a warming trend in recent years. The mean daily January maximum for Mount Pleasant for the years 1991–2011 is 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) compared to Stanley’s 1961–90 average of 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). [9] Recent climate data shows the warmest months in the Falkland Islands having an average temperature above 10 °C (50 °F), which places it in the subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) zone. Climate data for Stanley, 1961-1990 Month Source: WeatherSpark [11] Education The Stanley Infant & Junior School (IJS) is located along John Street at the intersection with Villiers Street in Stanley.

The school first opened in 1955 and has about 250 students between the ages of 4 and 11. [12] The Falkland Island Community School (FICS) is located on Reservoir Road in Stanley. It has approximately 150 students between 11 and 16. Miscellaneous Roadsign to Stanley. Gypsy Cove , known for its Magellanic penguins , and Cape Pembroke , the easternmost point of the Falklands, lie nearby. Gypsy Cove is four miles (6 km) from Stanley and can be reached by taxi or on foot. Today, roughly one third of the town’s residents are employed by the government and tourism is also a major source of employment. On days when two or more large cruise ships dock in the town tourists frequently outnumber the local residents. Peat was once a prominent heating/fuel source in Stanley, and stacks of drying peats under cover can still be seen by the occasional house. Stanley is twinned with Whitby in North Yorkshire , United Kingdom .

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Stanley, Falkland Islands Location in the Falkland Islands Coordinates: 51°41′31.56″S 57°51′32.04″W﻿ / ﻿51.6921°S 57.8589°W﻿ / -51.6921; -57.8589 Country United Kingdom British Overseas Territory Falkland Islands Population (2006) [1] - Total 2,115 Time zone FKT ( UTC-4 ) - Summer ( DST ) FKST ( UTC-3 ) Website Stanley (also known as "Port Stanley" or as is called on Argentina "Puerto Argentino") is the capital and only true city in the Falkland Islands . It is located on the isle of East Falkland , on a north-facing slope, south of Stanley Harbour , in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2006 census , the city had a population of 2,115. Contents 9 External links Facilities and infrastructure Today, Stanley is the main shopping centre on the islands and the hub of East Falkland's road network.

Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum , Government House , built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands (currently Alan Huckle ), a golf course , and is known for its whalebone arch, a totem pole , several war memorials and the shipwrecks in its harbour. The Falkland Islands Company owns several shops and a hotel. Stanley has four pubs, eleven hotels & guesthouses, three restaurants, a fish and chips shop and the main tourist office. There are three churches including the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral the southernmost cathedral in the world. The cathedral makes tiny Stanley a city. A grim reminder of the minefields to the south is the bomb disposal unit. The town hall serves as a post office, philatelic bureau, law court and dance hall. The police station also contains the islands' only prison, with a capacity of thirteen in the cells. The community centre includes a swimming pool (the only public one in the islands), a sports centre, library, and school. A grass football pitch is located by the community centre and hosts regular games.

Stanley Racecourse, located on the west side of Stanley, holds a two-day horse racing meeting every year on the 26th and 27 December. The Christmas races have been held here for over one hundred years. Stanley Golf Course has an 18 hole course and a club house. It is also located to the west of Stanley. King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is the Islands' main hospital, with doctors' practice and surgery, radiology department, dental surgery and emergency facilities. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley. Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS), the HQ of the British Antarctic Survey , and the office of the weekly Penguin News newspaper. A nursery and garden centre is also here, in whose greenhouses some of the islands' vegetables are grown. History Stanley, from the air The original capital of the islands was at Port Louis to the north of the present site of Stanley, on Berkeley Sound .Captains Francis Rawdon Moria Crozier and James Clarke Ross were recruited by Governor Moody in his quest to find a new capital for The Falklands.

Both Crozier and Ross ( are remembered in Crozier Place and Ross Road in Stanley) were two of the Navy's most distinguished seafarers.They spent 5 months in the islands with their ships Terror and Erebus. Governor Moody (after whom Moody Brook is named) however, decided to move the capital to Port Jackson , which was renamed "Stanley Harbour", after a survey. Stanley Harbour was considered to have a deeper anchorage for visiting ships. Not all the inhabitants were happy with the change, notably one JW Whitington is recorded as saying, "Of all the miserable bog holes, I believe that Mr Moody has selected one of the worst for the site of his town." Work on the settlement began in 1843 and it became the capital in July 1845. It was named after Lord Stanley , Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time. In 1849, thirty married Chelsea Pensioners were settled there to help with the defence of the islands and to develop the new settlement.

The settlement soon grew as a deep-water port , specialising at first in ship repairs; indeed, before the construction of the Panama Canal , Port Stanley was a major repair stop for boats travelling through the Straits of Magellan . The rough waters and intense storms found at the tip of the continent forced many ships to Stanley Harbour, and the ship repair industry helped to drive the island economy. Later it became a base for whaling and sealing in the South Atlantic and Antarctic . Later still it was an important coaling station for the Royal Navy . This led to ships based here being involved in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the First World War , and the Battle of the River Plate in the Second World War . The church, and whalebone arch Landslides (peatslips), caused by excessive peat cutting, destroyed part of the town in 1879 and 1886, the second landslide killing two people. During World War II , a hulk in Stanley Harbour was used for interning the British Fascist and Mosleyite Jeffrey Hamm (ref: The European; PRO HO).

Something of a minor player in the BUF due to his youth, Hamm moved to the Falkland Islands in 1939 to work as a teacher. He was arrested there in 1940 for his BUF membership (under Defence Regulation 18B ) and later transferred to a camp in South Africa . Released in 1941 he was later called up to the Royal Armoured Corps and served until his discharge in 1944. Stanley Airport is used by internal flights and provides connections to British bases in Antarctica . It was opened by the Argentine Air Force on November 15, 1972 (previously, international flights were by seaplane from Comodoro Rivadavia ). Flights to Argentina ended after the 1982 conflict. A weekly flight to Punta Arenas in Chile commenced in 1993, which now operates out of Mount Pleasant Airbase. Stanley was occupied by Argentine troops for about ten weeks during the Falklands War in 1982.

The Argentines renamed the town Puerto Argentino, and although Spanish names for places in the Falklands were historically accepted as alternatives, this considered to be extremely offensive by many islanders, demanding as it does that the city is Argentine. It has however gained some support in Spanish-speaking countries, though its acceptance is far from unanimous. Stanley suffered considerable damage during the war, from both the Argentine occupation and the British naval shelling of the town, which killed three civilians. After the British secured the high ground around the town the Argentines surrendered with no fighting in the town itself. The beaches and land around it were heavily mined and some areas remain marked minefields . Since the Falklands War, Stanley has benefited from the growth of the fishing and tourism industries in the Islands. Stanley itself has developed greatly in that time, with the building of a large amount of residential housing, particularly to the east of the town centre. Stanley is now more than a third bigger than it was in 1982. Name Stanley is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby , who never actually visited the islands A number of variants of the town's name have appeared in both English and Spanish.

Stanley Harbour was originally known as "Port Jackson", and this name would have applied to the area before the town was built, although it could just as easily have been called Sapper Hill . Although the town is officially known as "Stanley", one frequently hears it still referred to as "Port Stanley", especially in British reports about the Falklands War. This is in line with various other settlements around the islands, e.g. Port Howard and Port Stephens . However, "Stanley" without the "Port" prefix was established long before the war, and on 2 August 1956, the Officer Administering the Government of the Falkland Islands reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London as follows: There is some difficulty over the correct name of the capital. Early despatches contain reference to both Port Stanley and Stanley. Port Stanley was accepted by the Naming Commission set up in 1943 to consider the names then being included on the War Office maps. Local opinion differs on the matter, but there is no doubt that Stanley is now common usage and has been for some considerable time. The capital is defined as Stanley in the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance.

In the circumstances I would advise that the correct name for the capital is Stanley. [2] Falklanders often refer to it simply as "Town". Advertisements Spanish and Argentine names The situation with the Spanish version of the name is far more complicated. Stanley, unlike Port Louis , the former capital of the islands, was a new settlement founded by the British, and therefore did not have a Spanish name of its own. Many Spanish speakers use "Puerto Stanley", as a neutral translation of the British name, but it is not liked by supporters of Argentine sovereignty, because it refers to a British politician. Supporters of the Argentine claim have used several different names, none of which are accepted by the islanders themselves - Puerto Soledad (the port of East Falkland /Isla Soledad) - reported in 1965, but in fact the old Spanish name of Port Louis, the old capital, not Stanley. Puerto Rivero - a reference to Rivero, a controversial Argentine figure in the early history of the islands. Used by Peronistas and the hijackers who landed at Stanley in September 1966. It was also used for 3–4 April 1982 after the Argentine invasion.

Puerto de la Isla Soledad - a variant on Puerto Soledad. Used 5 April 1982. Puerto de las Islas Malvinas (Port of the Malvinas/Falklands), used from 6–20 April 1982. Puerto Argentino - (Port Argentine), used ever since 21 April 1982 by the Argentines, although in 1994 the Argentine Government signed an undertaking to review toponymy relating to the Argentine occupation of the islands. During the 1982 occupation, Patrick Watts of the islands' radio station used circumlocutions to avoid using Argentine names - "It hurt me greatly to call it [the radio station] Radio Nacional Islas Malvinas, and I used to try to avoid referring to Port Stanley as Puerto Argentino. I called it 'the capital' or the 'largest settlement on the island'" (from Eyewitness Falklands: A personal account of the Falklands campaign Climate Miscellaneous Roadsign to Stanley. Gypsy Cove , known for its Magellanic penguins , and Cape Pembroke , the easternmost point of the Falklands, lie nearby.

Gypsy Cove is four miles (6 km) from Stanley and can be reached by taxi or on foot. Today, roughly one third of the town's residents are employed by the government and tourism is also a major source of employment. On days when two or more large cruise ships dock in the town tourists frequently outnumber the local residents. Peat was once a prominent heating/fuel source in Stanley, and stacks of drying peats under cover can still be seen by the occasional house. Stanley is twinned with Whitby in North Yorkshire , Britain . Notable people associated with Stanley Stanley wikipedia - wiki Stanley map - wiki articles about Stanley on the map | Gulliway ^ The Falklands has been on FKST year-round since September 2010. Stanley (/ˈstænli/; also known as Port Stanley) is the capital of the Falkland Islands . It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands.

At the 2012 census, the town had a population of 2,121; the entire population of the Falkland Islands was 2,841 on Census Day on 15 April 2012. Stanley is represented by five members of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands, currently Jan Cheek, Barry Elsby, Michael Poole, Gavin Short and Mike Summers. Facilities and infrastructure The Port Stanley post office, with British red post and telephone boxes. Stanley is the main shopping centre on the islands and the hub of East Falkland's road network. Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum, Government House – built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands – and a golf course, as well as a whalebone arch, a totem pole, several war memorials and the shipwrecks in its harbour. The Falkland Islands Company owns several shops and a hotel. Stanley has four pubs, eleven hotels and guesthouses, three restaurants, a fish and chip shop and the main tourist office. There are three churches, including the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral, the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, and the Roman Catholic St.

Mary's Church. A bomb disposal unit in the town is a legacy of the Falklands War. The town hall serves as a post office, philatelic bureau, law court and dance hall. The police station also contains the islands' only prison, with a capacity of thirteen in the cells. The cathedral and whalebone arch The community centre includes a swimming pool (the only public one in the islands), a sports centre, library, and school. A grass football pitch is located by the community centre and hosts regular games. Stanley Racecourse, located on the west side of Stanley, holds a two-day horse racing meeting every year on 26 and 27 December. The Christmas races have been held here for over one hundred years. Stanley Golf Course has an 18-hole course and a club house. It is also located to the west of Stanley. King Edward VII Memorial Hospital is the islands' main hospital, with doctors' practice and surgery, radiology department, dental surgery and emergency facilities. Several bus and taxi companies operate out of Stanley. Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Radio Station (FIRS), the Stanley office of the British Antarctic Survey, and the office of the weekly Penguin News newspaper.

A nursery and garden centre is also here, in whose greenhouses some of the islands' vegetables are grown. History The original capital of the islands was at Port Louis to the north of the present site of Stanley, on Berkeley Sound. Captains Francis Crozier and James Clark Ross were recruited by Governor Richard Moody in his quest to find a new capital for The Falklands. Both Crozier and Ross (who are remembered in Crozier Place and Ross Road in Stanley) were among the Royal Navy's most distinguished seafarers. They spent 5 months in the islands with their ships Terror and Erebus. Governor Moody (after whom Moody Brook is named) however, decided to move the capital to Port Jackson, which was renamed "Stanley Harbour", after a survey. Stanley Harbour was considered to have a deeper anchorage for visiting ships. Not all the inhabitants were happy with the change, notably one JW Whitington is recorded as saying, "Of all the miserable bog holes, I believe that Mr Moody has selected one of the worst for the site of his town." Work on the settlement began in 1843 and it became the capital in July 1845.

It was named after Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies at the time. In 1849, thirty married Chelsea Pensioners were settled there to help with the defence of the islands and to develop the new settlement. The settlement soon grew as a deep-water port, specialising at first in ship repairs; indeed, before the construction of the Panama Canal, Port Stanley was a major repair stop for boats travelling through the Straits of Magellan. The rough waters and intense storms found at the tip of the continent forced many ships to Stanley Harbour, and the ship repair industry helped to drive the island economy. Later it became a base for whaling and sealing in the South Atlantic and Antarctic. Later still it was an important coaling station for the Royal Navy. This led to ships based here being involved in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the First World War, and the Battle of the River Plate in the Second World War. Landslides (peatslips), caused by excessive peat cutting, destroyed part of the town in 1879 and 1886, the second landslide killing two people.

At about midnight on 29 November 1878 a black moving mass, several feet high, was moving forwards at a rate of four or five mph. The next morning the town was cut in two; the only way to travel between the two parts was by boat. During the Second World War, a hulk in Stanley Harbour was used for interning the British Fascist and Mosleyite Jeffrey Hamm. Something of a minor player in the BUF due to his youth, Hamm moved to the Falkland Islands in 1939 to work as a teacher. He was arrested there in 1940 for his BUF membership (under Defence Regulation 18B) and later transferred to a camp in South Africa. Released in 1941 he was later called up to the Royal Armoured Corps and served until his discharge in 1944. The Falklands War Memorial, Stanley Stanley Airport is used by internal flights and provides connections to British bases in Antarctica . It was opened by the Argentine Air Force on 15 November 1972 (previously, international flights were by seaplane from Comodoro Rivadavia ). Flights to Argentina ended after the 1982 conflict.

A weekly flight to Punta Arenas in Chile commenced in 1993, which now operates out of Mount Pleasant Airbase (RAF Mount Pleasant). Scheduled passenger flights between the Mount Pleasant airfield and the U.K. are also operated twice a week by a civilian airline contractor on behalf of the Royal Air Force. Stanley was occupied by Argentine troops for about ten weeks during the Falklands War in 1982. The Argentines renamed the town Puerto Argentino, and although Spanish names for places in the Falklands were historically accepted as alternatives, this one is considered to be extremely offensive by many islanders. It has however gained some support in Spanish-speaking countries, though its acceptance is far from unanimous. Stanley suffered considerable damage during the war, from both the Argentine occupation and the British naval shelling of the town, which killed three civilians. After the British secured the high ground around the town the Argentines surrendered with no fighting in the town itself. The beaches and land around it were heavily mined and some areas remain marked minefields. Since the Falklands War, Stanley has benefited from the growth of the fishing and tourism industries in the Islands.

Stanley itself has developed greatly in that time, with the building of a large amount of residential housing, particularly to the east of the town centre. Stanley is now more than a third bigger than it was in 1982. Name Stanley is named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, who never actually visited the islands A number of variants of the town's name have appeared in both English and Spanish. Stanley Harbour was originally known as "Port Jackson", and this name would have applied to the area before the town was built, although it could just as easily have been called Sapper Hill. Although the town is officially known as "Stanley", one frequently hears it still referred to as "Port Stanley", especially in British reports about the Falklands War. This is in line with various other settlements around the islands, e.g. Port Howard and Port Stephens. However, "Stanley" without the "Port" prefix was established long before the war, and on 2 August 1956, the Officer Administering the Government of the Falkland Islands reported to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in London as follows: There is some difficulty over the correct name of the capital.

Early despatches contain reference to both Port Stanley and Stanley. Port Stanley was accepted by the Naming Commission set up in 1943 to consider the names then being included on the War Office maps. Local opinion differs on the matter, but there is no doubt that Stanley is now common usage and has been for some considerable time. The capital is defined as Stanley in the Interpretation and General Law Ordinance. In the circumstances I would advise that the correct name for the capital is Stanley. Falklanders often refer to it simply as "Town". Spanish and Argentine names A message issued by the Argentine Military Governor during the occupation in which the capital is referred to as "Puerto Argentino (ex-Stanley)". The situation with the Spanish version of the name is far more complicated. Stanley, unlike Port Louis, the former capital of the islands, was a new settlement founded by the British, and therefore did not have a Spanish name of its own. Many Spanish speakers use "Puerto Stanley", as a neutral translation of the British name, but it is not liked by supporters of Argentine sovereignty, because it refers to a British politician.

Supporters of the Argentine claim have used several different names, none of which are accepted by the islanders themselves – Puerto Soledad (the port of East Falkland, known in Spanish as Isla Soledad) – reported in 1965, but in fact the old Spanish name of Port Louis, the old capital, not Stanley. Puerto Rivero – a reference to Antonio Rivero, a controversial Argentine figure in the early history of the islands. Used by peronists and the hijackers who landed at Stanley in September 1966. It was also used for 3–4 April 1982 after the Argentine invasion. Puerto de la Isla Soledad – a variant on Puerto Soledad. Used 5 April 1982. Puerto de las Islas Malvinas (Port of the Malvinas/Falklands), used from 6–20 April 1982. Puerto Argentino – (Port Argentine), used ever since 21 April 1982 by the Argentines, although in 1994 the Argentine Government signed an undertaking to review toponymy relating to the Argentine occupation of the islands.

During the 1982 occupation, Patrick Watts of the islands' radio station used circumlocutions to avoid using Argentine names – "It hurt me greatly to call it [the radio station] Radio Nacional Islas Malvinas, and I used to try to avoid referring to Port Stanley as Puerto Argentino. I called it 'the capital' or the 'largest settlement on the island'" (from Eyewitness Falklands: A personal account of the Falklands campaign) Climate The climate of Stanley is classified as a tundra climate (ET), due to cool summer temperatures (the mean temperature is less than 10 °C (50 °F) in the warmest month) and closely borders on a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc). It is characterised, like the rest of the archipelago, by more or less even temperatures through the year and strong westerlies. Precipitation, averaging 544 mm (21.417 in) a year, is nonetheless relatively low, and evenly spread throughout the year. Typically, at least 1 mm (0.039 in) of rain will be recorded on 125.2 days of the year.

The islands receive 36.3% of possible sunshine, or around 1500–1600 hours a year, a level similar to Southern parts of England. Daytime temperatures are similar to the Northern Isles of Scotland, though nights tend to be somewhat colder, with frost occurring on more than 1 in 3 nights (128.4 nights). Snow occurs in the winter. Stanley is located at a similar distance to the equator as British warm-summer marine areas Cardiff and Bristol , illustrating the relative chilliness of the climate. In the northern hemisphere, lowland tundra areas are located at latitudes further from the tropics. Many European capitals are also located much farther from the tropics than Stanley is. The nearest larger city of Río Gallegos in Argentina has slightly milder climate (annual mean temperature being 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) higher) due to its position on the South American mainland, although summers everywhere on this latitude in the Southern hemisphere are very cool due to great marine effects.

Temperature extremes at Stanley vary from −11.1 °C (12.0 °F) to 26.1 °C (79.0 °F) for the period 1961-90. More recently, on 23 January 1992, nearby Mount Pleasant Airport recorded 29.2 °C (84.6 °F). The Falkland Islands have displayed a warming trend in recent years. The mean daily January maximum for Mount Pleasant for the years 1991–2011 is 16.5 °C (61.7 °F) compared to Stanley's 1961–90 average of 14.1 °C (57.4 °F). Recent climate data shows the warmest months in the Falkland Islands having an average temperature above 10 °C (50 °F), which places it in the subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) zone. Education The Stanley Infant & Junior School (IJS) is located along John Street at the intersection with Villiers Street in Stanley.

The school first opened in 1955 and has about 250 students between the ages of 4 and 11. The Falkland Island Community School (FICS) is located on Reservoir Road in Stanley. It has approximately 150 students between 11 and 16. Miscellaneous Roadsign to Stanley. Gypsy Cove, known for its Magellanic penguins, and Cape Pembroke, the easternmost point of the Falklands, lie nearby. Gypsy Cove is four miles (6 km) from Stanley and can be reached by taxi or on foot. Today, roughly one third of the town's residents are employed by the government and tourism is also a major source of employment. On days when two or more large cruise ships dock in the town tourists frequently outnumber the local residents. Peat was once a prominent heating/fuel source in Stanley, and stacks of drying peats under cover can still be seen by the occasional house. Stanley is twinned with Whitby in North Yorkshire , United Kingdom .

Notable people associated with Stanley See also: Bishop of the Falkland Islands, Governor of the Falkland Islands, and Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands McDonald Hobley, was one of the first BBC Television continuity announcers appearing from 1946 to 1956. Terry Peck, soldier, policeman and legislator. George Rennie, sculptor and governor. Gerald Reive, lawn bowler at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Rex Hunt, Governor during the Falklands War BBC - The Yorkshire Regiment's Falklands training The Yorkshire Regiment's Falklands training Advertisement Soldiers from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment are training in the Falkland Islands A soldier from Royston near Barnsley is one of 150 men training with A Company of 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment in the Falkland Islands. The Yorkshire Regiment has joined British servicemen from the Army, Navy and RAF at Mount Pleasant military base near the islands' capital, Stanley. 1st Battalion's training involves gruelling live firing, machine gun practice and beach patrols. When they go to Afghanistan in 2011 they will provide rapid fire support for troops on the ground.

Many of the soldiers are too young to remember the the 1982 conflict with Argentina, but fighter plane wreckages are still scattered over the islands and 20,000 land mines were left behind after the conflict. Private Martin Wilks from Royston, Barnsley is a company, driver and rifleman 21-year-old Private Martin Wilks from Royston near Barnsley is a rifleman and driver for A Company. He says training in the Falklands makes their deployment to Afghanistan in 2011 ever more real, and the men know that they may well lose their lives if not their limbs: "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried," says Private Wilks. "But I've just got to go out there, do what I've been trained to do, and hope that I come back in one piece." Team work is crucial for all infantry soldiers, and Private Wilks says his Battalion is like a family: "Our company is really well gelled because of this training. We're together for six or seven weeks at a time in the Falklands, out in the field every day and we've really learnt to trust each other.

When everything does kick off, they'll stand by you when you're fighting." Rugged terrain on the Falkland Islands The bleak and rocky terrain of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic may be 8000 miles from home, but the landscape is peculiarly like the Yorkshire coast. Rugged moorland, grazing sheep and rocky coastline are all reminiscent of Stanley's twin town, Whitby in North Yorkshire. "It's quite surreal being here in Stanley. You could be on any coastline in England," says Private Wilks. "But then you remember you're 8000 miles from home and that's strange. "There are a lot of things you miss - your family, mum's cooking, definitely mum's washing. As soon as you get your kit washed by your mum it's the best thing ever! It makes going back to work so much better because you can smell home." BBC Look North's Nicola Rees visited the Yorkshire Regiment on the Falklands in March 2010. Read the whole report and watch video clips of the training. Bookmark with: Whitby Store – Yorkshire Trading Company Assistant Manager:Hannah Stonehouse a All of us at The Yorkshire Trading Company feel privileged to be a part of this beautiful town.

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Question: Which coastal town in North Yorkshire, England, is twinned with Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands?
Answer: Whitby